Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
4 - 10 November 1999
Issue No. 454
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Foreign Minister Amr Moussa
Amr Moussa:
Ensuring effective participation

Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
The Formentor symposium

Sabah Fakhri
Sabah Fakhri:
Straight to the heart

Profile by Fayza Hassan


50 Years of Dispossession The complete archive of the
Special pages commemorating
50 years of Arab dispossession
since the creation of the State of Israel

Tragedy
Investigators are examining whether an inoperative thrust reverser contributed to the crash of EgyptAir flight 990 that killed all 217 people on board --read on--
also see
Egypt

The Oslo show
The two-day Oslo summit -- like the accords of the same name -- was long on symbolism, short on substance. Graham Usher writes from Jerusalem

Friendship at a price
Mauritania-USA-Israel The establishment of full diplomatic ties between Mauritania and Israel has triggered a wave of criticism throughout the Arab world. Rasha Saad reviews the Arab reaction

Turning over a blood-drenched leaf
A new president is at the helm in Jakarta, and an independent Timor is at last returning to normalcy. A new page seems to be opening for both countries, but the cost has been terrible, writes Scott Burchill


Reviled, revered, reveiled
HarimA century after the publication of Qasim Amin's The Liberation of Women, Al-Ahram Weekly remembers the brightest star of the women's movement
Nubia Nubia in focus

Injy El-Kashef wanders through an ancient land

Old Cataract Hotel
Splendour on the Nile
As the Old Cataract Hotel, rated one of the top 25 hotels in the world, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, Injy El-Kashef explores the majestic institution

 
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Trapped
THOUSANDS OF anguished refugees hoping to cross the border both into and out of rebel Chechnya remained trapped at the frontier yesterday despite Russian promises to let them pass. --read on--

Hokey
Egypt's field hockey team captured Al- Ahram Mediterranean championship with an awesome display of offence. Abeer Anwar reports on an achievement of note and profiles some of the biggest names in the game --read on--


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